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Ahmed Zâ’id Efendi

Born 1845 (AH 1261) · Mecca (Mekke) · Career evidence 1860 to 1885 (AH 1277 to 1302)

Archival reference 164 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 27/327, s.327.

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  1. 1845 (AH 1261)
  2. 1860/61 (AH 1277)

    First work as recorded

    Lihye

  1. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Lihye Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü bâbü's-sicil kâtibiLihye · 450 kuruş

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  2. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Lihye Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü bâbü's-sicil kâtibi · 3 career entriesLihye · Jeddah (Cidde) · 250; 450 kuruş

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  3. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Cidde İhtisâb Rüsûmu kâtibi · 3 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · Kanfuda · 150; 250 kuruş

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  4. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiKanfuda · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  5. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · 3 career entriesKanfuda · Jizan (Cizan) · 150; 350 kuruş

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  6. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  7. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  8. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  9. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · 3 career entriesJizan (Cizan) · 350; 400 kuruş

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  10. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  11. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  12. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  13. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  14. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  15. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiJizan (Cizan) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  16. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · 2 career entriesJizan (Cizan) · 400; 506 kuruş

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  17. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Cizan Rüsûmât müdürüJizan (Cizan) · 506 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  18. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Cizan Rüsûmât müdürüJizan (Cizan) · 506 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  19. 1878 (AH 1295)Cizan Rüsûmât müdürüJizan (Cizan) · 506; 800 kuruş

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  20. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · 2 career entriesJizan (Cizan) · Mocha (Muha) · 800; 1,000 kuruş

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  21. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Muha Rüsûmât müdürüMocha (Muha) · 800; 1,000 kuruş

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  22. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Muha Rüsûmât müdürüMocha (Muha) · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  23. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Muha Rüsûmât müdürüMocha (Muha) · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  24. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · 3 career entriesMocha (Muha) · Az Zaydiyah (Zeydiye) · 800 kuruş

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  25. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Zeydiye Memlahası memuru · 2 career entriesAz Zaydiyah (Zeydiye)

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  26. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Zeydiye Kazası tahrirat kâtibiAz Zaydiyah (Zeydiye) · 500 kuruş

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

05001,0001860/61AH 12771873/74AH 12901884/85AH 13021860/61 (AH 1277) · Lihye Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü bâbü's-sicil kâtibi · Lihye · age 16 · 450 kuruş1861/62 (AH 1278) · Lihye Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü bâbü's-sicil kâtibi · Lihye · age 17 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1861/62 (AH 1278) · Cidde İhtisâb Rüsûmu kâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 17 · 250 kuruş1862/63 (AH 1279) · Cidde İhtisâb Rüsûmu kâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 18 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1862/63 (AH 1279) · Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Kanfuda · age 18 · 150 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Kanfuda · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1864/65 (AH 1281) · Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Kanfuda · age 20 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1864/65 (AH 1281) · Kanfuda Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Kanfuda · age 20 · 350 kuruş1864/65 (AH 1281) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 20 · 350 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 21 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1866/67 (AH 1283) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 22 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1867/68 (AH 1284) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 23 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 24 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 24 · 400 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 30 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Cizan Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jizan (Cizan) · age 31 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 31 · 506 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 32 · 506 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 33 · 506 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 34 · 506 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 34 · 800 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Cizan Rüsûmât müdürü · Jizan (Cizan) · age 35 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 35 · 1,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 36 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 36 · 800 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 37 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 38 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Muha Rüsûmât müdürü · Mocha (Muha) · age 39 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Zeydiye Kazası tahrirat kâtibi · Az Zaydiyah (Zeydiye) · age 41 · 500 kuruş

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Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

MekkeAz Zaydiyah (Zeydiye)LihyeJeddah (Cidde)Jizan (Cizan)Mocha (Muha)
MekkeAz Zaydiyah (Zeydiye)LihyeJeddah (Cidde)Jizan (Cizan)Mocha (Muha)

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Not drawn. No position recorded: Kanfuda.

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Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

MekkeSupporting accounts

Birth year

1845 (AH 1261)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

Lihye Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibiSupporting accounts

Archive references

164 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 27/327, s.327.[1]

Education and languages

Arabic

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okuryazar[1]

Turkish

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okuryazar[1]

Education detail

İlk dinî bilgiler; hususi muallimden Arapça ve hesapSupporting accounts

Education

İbtidâî mektepleriSupporting accounts

Education level equivalent

4Supporting accounts

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First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

16Supporting accounts

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First work place

LihyeSupporting accounts

First-salary field

450 kuruş (personal first-salary field)Supporting accounts

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First work year

1860/61 (AH 1277)Supporting accounts

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)

0 (recorded code)Supporting accounts

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Judicial record as worded

0 (recorded code)Supporting accounts

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 88, 89

    164 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 27/327, s.327.

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